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Recent Examples of docent
During the session, docent volunteers will guide participants on how to make musical instruments from household items and craft supplies that are being provided.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Moving into an entirely different field, like the advertising executive who became a docent in a museum.
—Nancy K. Schlossberg, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
These included docent programs for student groups, a public idea contest via COMEUP’s social media, a mobile-friendly networking platform, and live Q&A sessions with speakers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The Beach Boys performed there, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vacationed there, according to Linda Beal, a volunteer docent at the closed Salton Sea History Museum.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Moving into an entirely different field, like the advertising executive who became a docent in a museum.
—Nancy K. Schlossberg, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
These included docent programs for student groups, a public idea contest via COMEUP’s social media, a mobile-friendly networking platform, and live Q&A sessions with speakers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The Beach Boys performed there, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vacationed there, according to Linda Beal, a volunteer docent at the closed Salton Sea History Museum.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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Trump tried to remove officials who could save federal workers' jobs Susan Schurman, a professor of labor relations at Rutgers University, said there are significantly fewer resources at the Department of Labor compared to the number of unionized firms and unions where wrongdoing may be occurring.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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The motion immediately garnered controversy, with some people, including history professors who study fascism and U.S. Representatives, expressing concern that the action was similar to a Nazi salute.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 May 2025
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On March 17, 1947, Christensen gathered with other flight instructors at a naval air base in Glenview, Illinois.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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She's been a race director, a recruiter for Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a salesperson for a major pharmaceutical company, a blogger for Moogfest, a communications manager for Mission Health, a fitness instructor, and a health coach.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 May 2025
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That is a decision between a parent and their doctor.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
1 June 2025
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These individuals should be sure to call their doctor ahead of time so as not to expose other people in waiting rooms.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
31 May 2025
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He was born in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa to expatriate Indian parents, who were both educators, and grew up there as the country was ruled by Emperor Haile Selassie.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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This works especially well for educators, consultants, or coaches.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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National Dems boost Moore’s budget message; state Dems focus on Hogan Johns Hopkins selects new dean of public health after global search READER POLL: Who gave the best commencement speech?—
Karl Merton Ferron,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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In addition to investigating allegations of drinking with students, Hiestand was tasked with investigating claims of harassment between two parties: the coaches and deans accused of partying with students and a teacher who reported them.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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The Boston City Council unanimously approved a home rule petition that would hike disability pension benefits for a former city schoolteacher who was pummeled by a 16-year-old student in a 2021 attack that left her with traumatic brain damage.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
21 May 2025
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The first was to flash back to the schoolteacher with the soda.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Roach is, clearly, among fashion’s most powerful pedagogues.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.—
Patrick Frater,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2023
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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